John Michelotti

Teaches at New York Open Center

John Michelotti’s mission is to share the benefits of fungi while inspiring people to learn from nature. President of the Mid-Hudson Mycological Association (MHMA), he has worked with Amazon Mycorenewal Project researching the use of fungi to remediate oil spills in the Amazon.  John has visited dozens of mushroom farms from small scale farms to the largest operations in the country and from New England to the tropics. He has hosted inoculation workshops in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Texas. He served as an adviser on the Mushroom Advisory Panel for Certified Naturally Grown to develop the standards for ecological practices in mushroom production.